A Solano County Superior Court judge set bail on Monday for a Fairfield man accused of stabbing his ex-wife to death.

The amount is $5 million Presiding Judge E. Bradley Nelson handed Camden Lo, 50, despite prosecutors asking for a much smaller amount of $1 million. Lo was arrested just before 8 p.m. on Feb. 10 and booked into Solano County Jail on a murder charge. Less than two hours before his arrest, Fairfield police responded to a home in the 2000 block of Burgundy Way, after receiving a call from a family member who reported a possible domestic-violence dispute at the residence.

Responding officers were forced to break entry into the home after having received no response from inside. Once inside the home, officers located a woman dead from an apparent stab wound. The victim was later identified as Lo’s ex-wife, Wen-Ying Lo, 48. Lo had fled before officer’s arrived, and he was later located at a restaurant in Napa he owned, Mandarin Palace, located in the 1600 block Trancas Street. A week later, Lo entered a plea of not guilty to the charge.

In court Monday, several of Lo’s family members, friends, and business employees were present to show support for the defendant. At Lo’s last court appearance, his 96-year-old mother testified with the aid of a Cantonese interpeter. After referencing the robust crowd gathered for his client, Rotwein spoke of Lo’s semi-clean record, and who wasn’t a “danger to the community.”

Rotwein, however, acknowledged that Lo’s only other arrest — a domestic violence incident involving his now deceased ex-wife — came in 2004. Rotwein also argued the victim also evoked several domestic violence incidents with her husband in the past, even using statements from the couple’s children to back up the claims. According to Rotwein, the victim would often throw “tantrums” and throw various items around the house during such disputes.

Furthermore, Rotwein added that Lo did not flee to his Napa restaurant following the killing, but rather called his nephew, a law enforcement officer in San Francisco, with intentions of turning himself in. Court discussions Monday revealed all of Lo’s assets are currently tied up. Lo, who had owned, along with the Napa restaurant and other properties, including a home in China (in his deceased ex-wife’s name) and a property in Mexico (now foreclosed). Due to Lo’s considerable means, prosecutors argued for a bail amount of $1 million, which would be sufficient enough to sway him from posting bail then fleeing the jurisdiction.

Rotwein countered by saying Lo’s “one outburst” was done in a “heat of passion,” and that his client may very well end up receiving a voluntary manslaughter conviction as opposed to murder.

Lo is due back in court June 9 at 8:30 a.m., where a preliminary hearing date will be set.